Chautauqua vs Panama

A side-by-side comparison of Chautauqua and Panama: population, income, housing, and more.

Chautauqua and Panama are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Panama has the higher population (476 vs 340 in Chautauqua). Chautauqua has the higher median home value ($732,100 vs $96,600 in Panama). Since 2019, Panama's population has grown faster (+11.7% vs +5.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Chautauqua	Panama
Population	340	476
Median age	48.7 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$57,250
Median home value	$732,100	$96,600
Median gross rent	—	$742
Housing units	1,297	228
Homeownership rate	76.7%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.6%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chautauqua	Panama
Population	323 → 340 (+5.3%)	426 → 476 (+11.7%)
Median household income	—	$44,000 → $57,250 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$455,000 → $732,100 (+60.9%)	$82,900 → $96,600 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $742 (+21.0%)

Chautauqua

Population

323340

Median home value

$455,000$732,100

Panama

Population

426476

Median household income

$44,000$57,250

Median home value

$82,900$96,600

Median gross rent

$613$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chautauqua	Panama
Under 5	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	7.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	32.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	0.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	1.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	21.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	1.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.6%
75 and over	20.6%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chautauqua	Panama
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	97.5%
Black or African American	12.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chautauqua	Panama
No high school diploma	1.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	3.0%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	66.2%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chautauqua	Panama
Drove alone	9.1%	81.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	24.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.2%	4.2%
Other means	28.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chautauqua	Panama
1-unit, detached	48.1%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	28.1%	32.5%
5 to 19 units	21.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Chautauqua	Panama
Poverty rate	27.3%	10.9%
Average household size	1.43	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	12	24
Median year structure built	1966	1953